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Traditional English :: atavism
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atavistic.html - n. 1 a resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents in plants or animals. 2 reversion to an earlier type. atavistic adj. atavistically adv. [F atavisme f. L atavus great-grandfather's grandfather] |
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Traditional English :: atavism
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atavistic.html - n. 1 a resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents in plants or animals. 2 reversion to an earlier type. atavistic adj. atavistically adv. [F atavisme f. L atavus great-grandfather's grandfather] |
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Traditional English :: atavism
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atavistic.html - n. 1 a resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents in plants or animals. 2 reversion to an earlier type. atavistic adj. atavistically adv. [F atavisme f. L atavus great-grandfather's grandfather] |
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Traditional English :: Atabrine
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atavistic.html - var. of ATEBRIN. |
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Traditional English :: ataractic
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atavistic.html - adj. & n. (also ataraxic) --adj. calming or tranquillizing. --n. a tranquillizing drug. [Gk ataraktos calm: cf. ATARAXY] |
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Traditional English :: ataraxy
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atavistic.html - n.
(also ataraxia) calmness or tranquillity; imperturbability. [F ataraxie f. Gk ataraxia impassiveness] |
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